Largent, Riggins rip Redskins owner over Zorn saga

Jim Zorn may be on his last legs with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, but it’s Snyder who is drawing high-powered criticism from some outside the organization.

Long-time friend and former Seattle Seahawks teammate Steve Largent sounded off on Snyder on Wednesday in an interview on KJR-950 radio in reaction to Snyder’s decision to strip Zorn’s play-calling duties in the wake of the team’s 2-4 start.

Jim Zorn has been stripped of his play-calling duties with the Redskins. (Getty Images/Streeter Lecka)

Largent said Zorn considered resigning in the wake of Snyder’s move, but would never quit. And the Seahawks’ Hall of Fame receiver had some harsh words about his buddies’ boss.

“I don’t know what a ‘Dan Snyder coach’ looks like, and I don’t think Dan Snyder knows what a ‘Dan Snyder coach’ looks like,” Largent said. “And that’s fairly obvious now as he’s been through about six head coaches in 10 years.”

Largent said the Redskins’ failures start “above Jim Zorn’s level” and that Snyder didn’t give Zorn control over his own staff when he hired him as head coach last year and that the owner wants to be general manager, coach and owner.

Largent said “it’s a joke” that Snyder pulled the playcalling duties away from Zorn and gave them to Sherm Lewis after bringing the retired coach in as an offensive consultant just two weeks ago.

“It will be humbling and embarrassing, but not for Jim,” Largent said. “It’ll be humbling and embarrassing for the Redskins and the Redskins owner and management who made the decision.”

And former Redskins running back John Riggins, another Hall of Fame player, said on D.C. radio station WTOP that the franchise is in a “state of decay” since Snyder purchased it 10 years ago.

Riggins indicated Snyder needs to hire a “Bill Parcells type” football mastermind to oversee the franchise and “then go to Mongolia and live in a yurt.”

Quoth Riggins: “You have a child that owns the team. A child’s mind. Because it’s all about the child and that’s the way we are. It’s just this raging narcissism that is actually running things.”